Biography
Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28, 1981) is an American actor and producer. He is best known for his portrayal of Frodo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012).
Wood made his film debut with a small part in Back to the Future Part II (1989). He went on to achieve recognition as a child actor with roles in Avalon (1990), Paradise (1991), Radio Flyer (1992), Forever Young (1992), The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993), and The Good Son (1993). As a teenager, he starred in films such as North (1994), The War (1994), Flipper (1996), The Ice Storm (1997), Deep Impact (1998), and The Faculty (1998). Following the success of The Lord of the Rings, Wood has appeared in a wide range of films, including Spy Kids 3D: Game Over (2003), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Sin City (2005), Green Street Hooligans (2005), Everything Is Illuminated (2005), Paris, je t'aime (2006), Bobby (2006), Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012), Maniac (2012), Grand Piano, Cooties, The Last Witch Hunter (2015), The Trust (2016), I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017), and Come to Daddy (2019).
Wood's voice roles include Mumble in Happy Feet (2006) and its sequel (2011), the title character in 9 (2009), Spyro the Dragon in the Legend of Spyro video game trilogy (2006–2008), Beck on Disney XD's Tron: Uprising (2012–2013), and Wirt in the Cartoon Network miniseries Over the Garden Wall (2014). He also played Ryan Newman on the FX dark comedy series Wilfred (2011–2014), for which he received a Satellite Award nomination for Best Actor, and Todd Brotzman in the BBC America series Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016–2017).
Filmography
all 159
Movies 109
TV Shows 50
self 41
Producer 12
Voice 9
Director 1
The Toxic Avenger (2023)
The Elephant 6 Recording Co. (2023)
The Afterparty (2022)
Yellowjackets (2021)
No Man of God (2021)
Archenemy (2020)
Solar Noise (2020)
Home Movie: The Princess Bride (2020)
Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss (2020)
Daniel Isn't Real (2019)
Color Out of Space (2019)
Come to Daddy (2019)
Eli Roth's History of Horror (2018)
Star Wars Resistance (2018)
The Panama Papers (2018)
Mandy (2018)
Summer Camp Island (2018)
78/52 (2017)
Talking with Chris Hardwick (2017)
Bitch (2017)
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017)
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016)
The Greasy Strangler (2016)
The Trust (2016)
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson (2016)
The Last Witch Hunter (2015)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
The Boy (2015)
Henry (2015)
Behind Over the Garden Wall (2015)
Made in Japan (2015)
Deep Web (2015)
Hot Ones (2015)
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
Set Fire to the Stars (2014)
Over the Garden Wall (2014)
Cooties (2014)
Why Horror? (2014)
Open Windows (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Off Camera with Sam Jones (2014)
This Must Be the Only Fantasy (2013)
Mundos virtuales (2013)
Tome of the Unknown: Harvest Melody (2013)
Maniac: The Making of Documentary (2013)
Grand Piano (2013)
Pawn Shop Chronicles (2013)
A Band Called Death (2013)
Setup, Punch (2013)
Peter Panzerfaust (2013)
Maniac (2012)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
The Narrative of Victor Karloch (2012)
Celeste & Jesse Forever (2012)
Revenge for Jolly! (2012)
TRON: Uprising (2012)
Double Fine Adventure (2012)
Treasure Island (2012)
Happy Feet Two (2011)
Nightmare Factory (2011)
Wilfred (2011)
Fight for Your Right Revisited (2011)
Boobie (2011)
WWII in HD: The Air War (2010)
Conan (2010)
The Romantics (2010)
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)
The Heart is a Drum Machine (2010)
Beyond All Boundaries (2009)
9 (2009)
Glenn Martin, DDS (2009)
Operation Filmmaker (2008)
The Oxford Murders (2008)
Yo Gabba Gabba! (2007)
Day Zero (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Happy Feet (2006)
Freak Show (2006)
Bobby (2006)
Paris Je T'aime (2006)
The Colbert Report (2005)
Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie (2005)
Made in Hollywood (2005)
Green Street Hooligans (2005)
Everything Is Illuminated (2005)
I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust (2005)
Sin City (2005)
American Dad! (2005)
The Friday Night Project (2005)
Ringers: Lord of the Fans (2005)
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!! (2004)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision (2003)
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King (2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina (2003)
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
Red vs. Blue (2003)
Punk'd (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories (2003)
The Long and Short of It (2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
The Cranberries - Stars: The Best Videos 1992-2002 (2002)
Ash Wednesday (2002)
Try Seventeen (2002)
The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring (2002)
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
A Passage to Middle-earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings' (2001)
Quest for the Ring (2001)
Primetime Glick (2001)
Chain of Fools (2001)
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (2000)
Black and White (1999)
Family Guy (1999)
The Faculty (1998)
TRL (1998)
Deep Impact (1998)
The Wonderful World of Disney (1997)
Oliver Twist (1997)
Taff (1997)
The Ice Storm (1997)
King of the Hill (1997)
Adventures from the Book of Virtues (1996)
The Daily Show (1996)
Flipper (1996)
The War (1994)
North (1994)
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin (1994)
The Good Son (1993)
Frasier (1993)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
Forever Young (1992)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
Day-O (1992)
Radio Flyer (1992)
The Witness (1992)
Paradise (1991)
Avalon (1990)
Child in the Night (1990)
Internal Affairs (1990)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Wetten, dass..? (1981)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
The Oscars (1953)
The Monkey
L.A. Rush
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
The Making of 'The Long and Short of It'
Among Us
Disney's Safety Hits Volume 1: Bike Safety With Bill Nye The Science Guy & I'm No Fool On Wheels
Bookworm
Rabbit Trap
The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes
Dunwich Horror
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1981-01-28 (43 years old)
Birth NameElijah Jordan Wood
Birth PlaceCedar Rapids, United States of America
LifestyleVegetarianism
ReligionCatholicism
ChildrenEvan Kongsved-Wood
SiblingsHannah Wood
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesAustin, United States of America
Also Known AsЭлайджа Вуд, Элайджа Джордан Вуд, 일라이저 우드, 伊利亚·伍德, 伊莱贾·伍德, 伊莱贾·乔丹·伍德, イライジャ・ウッド
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